﻿1846 CATALOGUE OF 



formes; anticae apud costam perparum convexae apice rotundatfe, 

 margiiie exteriore subcoiivexo valde ol)liquo. 



Female, Body rather slender. Proboscis short. Palpi rather 

 slender, nearly bare, obliquely ascending; third joint elongate- 

 conical, full one-fourth of the length of the second. Antennas 

 jsimple, rather more than half the length of the body. Abdomen 

 extending a little beyond the hind wings. Legs rather stout, 

 almost bare ; hind tibige with very long spurs. Wings rather nar- 

 row, subfusiform. Fore wings very slightly convex alon^r the costa, 

 rounded at the tips, slightly convex and very oblique along the ex- 

 terior border. 



1. Phuphena fusipennis. 



Fcera. Mufescente^cervina ; alee anticce fasciis tribus nigricanti- 

 bus obliquis sat diffusis, la Saque rectis, 2a subarcuata^ rent- 

 formis margine ex parte obscuro ; posticce ferruginea. 



Female, Reddish fawn-colour, paler beneath. Fore wings 

 with three blackish oblique rather diffuse bands ; first straiijhl ; 

 second slightly curved ; third straight, more oblique than the first ; 

 reniform mark with an incomplete dark border, contiguous to 

 the inner side of the second band. Hind wings ferruginous. 

 Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 11 lines. 



Rio Janeiro. In Mr. Fry's collection. 



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Remtgia subsignata. 



Foem. Cinerea ; pedes antici dense pilosi ; alee nigra subcon- 

 spersce^ tinea exteriore ferruginea recta obliqua pallida extns 

 marginata, linea submarginali e punctis albidis nigro notatis^ 

 punctis marginalibus nigricaniibufi ; anticce linea submargi- 

 nali apud medium fuscescente nebulosa. 



Female. Cinereous, paler beneath. Fore femora and fore 

 tibiae densely pilose. ' Wings minutely speckled with black; lines 

 almost obsolete, except a straight oblique exterior ferruginous one 

 which extends from the tips of the fore wings to the middle of the 

 interior border of the hind wings, and has a pale exterior border ; 

 submarginal line indicated by a row of whitish points, which are 

 marked with black and are most conspicuous beneath ; marginal 



